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Graphic: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Sexual content
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer
Minor: Addiction, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
The openness with her experience is beautiful and moving on its own, and it carries the occasionally lackluster writing forward. I will stress 'occasionally', though, not throughout!
My only real criticism of this book is that I wish we as readers could've heard more from the Jennette that wrote this memoir. The narrative written entirely as Jennette would have felt it at that age was evocative and engaging, but I feel as if more discussion of her overall thoughts and retrospection on her mother's abuse and her experience in childhood acting as a whole could've served the book well, and the narrative style of writing, while quick to follow and suspenseful in it's own way, occasionally took me out of remembering that I was reading an account of reality. However, I can see that perhaps her purpose with this work was an emotional account of the way her childhood was stolen from her rather than a dissection of everything that has meant to her, and at that, she excelled.
Overall, it's a gripping and heartbreaking account of the way this woman suffered as a young girl in front of thousands and also all on her own. The writing can be simple from time to time but is deeply felt, which is much more effective in it's storytelling than an abundance of loose metaphors or prose-y beating around the bush ever could be.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol
Moderate: Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism
Minor: Physical abuse, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Stalking, Gaslighting
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Vomit
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria
Moderate: Cancer, Incest, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma
Minor: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Dysphoria
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Medical content, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment
Minor: Cursing, Infidelity
Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol
Moderate: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking